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New York Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Kucoin and Declares Ethereum a Security
9.3.2023
On March 9, 2023, New York attorney general Letitia James announced that her office had once again cracked down on crypto platforms by filing a lawsuit against the Seychelles-based crypto exchange Kucoin. Members of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) were able to purchase crypto assets...
XCarnival Hacker Accepts ETH 1,500 Bounty and Returns Remaining ETH 1,467
27.6.2022
The hacker of XCarnival, a lending aggregator for metaverse assets, has accepted a bounty of ETH 1,500 (USD 1.85m) in exchange for the return of the remaining ETH 1,467 (USD 1.8m) and the team not pursuing legal actions.
Etherscan transactions show that the hacker has already sent ETH 1,467...
ONE Keeps Trending Lower while Harmony Offers Hacker USD 1M in Bounty for Return of Funds
27.6.2022
The team behind the layer-1 blockchain Harmony (ONE) has offered the Horizon Bridge hacker USD 1m in bounty for the return of some USD 100m in stolen funds.
"We commit to a [USD] 1M bounty for the return of Horizon bridge funds and sharing exploit information," Harmony said in a Twitter post...
Don’t Fear the Reaper: Why the Market Downtrend Is Good for Crypto
26.6.2022
Sergey Vasylchuk is the Co-founder & CEO of the staking provider Everstake.______
As bitcoin (BTC) sunk below the USD 20,000 mark, the panicking voices filled with eschatological fervor seemed to come from around the community. The same USD 20,000 mark that five years ago looked like a pinnacle...
Sky Mavis Raises USD 150M, HSBC & Metaverse, BitPay Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network + More News
6.4.2022
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Read More: Sky Mavis Raises USD 150M, HSBC & Metaverse, BitPay Adds Bitcoin Lightning Network + More News
SEC Chair Gensler Discusses How Securities Laws Apply to Crypto Tokens — Won’t Say if Ethereum Is a Security
12.1.2022
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has explained how securities laws apply to cryptocurrency tokens as he outlined the commission’s priorities in regulating the crypto space. “Our role at the SEC is to ensure that the public still gets...
Bitmart Says It Lost USD 150M In a Hack, Suspends Withdrawals
5.12.2021
One of the top 30 crypto exchanges, Bitmart, confirmed it has lost around USD 150m in a hack today, December 5, and has temporarily suspended withdrawals until further notice.
The company said they have identified "a large-scale security breach" related to one of their Ethereum (ETH)...
The Ethereum Foundation Is Building a Dedicated Eth 2.0 Security Team
3.8.2020
The Ethereum Foundation is looking to hire a dedicated security team to dissect all aspects of Ethereum 2.0
Ethereum Challenges Hackers to Attack Proposed 2.0 Networks
20.7.2020
The Ethereum Foundation launched two Eth 2.0 attack networks for hackers to break in exchange for a bug bounty
Etherscan Launches Fraud Monitoring and Address Blacklisting
15.4.2020
Etherscan has launched a feature allowing users to identify tokens and wallets that have previously been tied to illegal activities
Developers of Ethereum DEX Protocol AirSwap Disclose Critical Exploit
15.9.2019
Critical vulnerability discovered in Ethereum DEX protocol AirSwap
New Parity Update Fixes a Vulnerability Present in Some ETH Nodes
29.8.2019
Blockchain software development firm Parity releases an update for its Ethereum node software to fix an RPC vulnerability
Singapore’s Stock Exchange Backs New Ethereum Security Token Platform
10.7.2019
A new security token platform has launched with backing from Singapore stock exchange SGX and technical help from ConsenSys
Grayscale’s Ethereum Security Now Listed on OTC Markets
21.6.2019
Grayscale Investments has listed its security, Grayscale Ethereum Trust, on OTC Markets following approval from FINRA in May
Ryan Kavanaugh’s Media Firm Secures $100 Million Investment for Crypto Project
23.5.2019
Hollywood film producer Ryan Kavanaugh’s media firm Proxima Media has reportedly earmarked a $100 million investment for a crypto project
Think Tank Warns of Ethereum Security Risks
17.5.2019
The whole Ethereum network could be facing the threat of a 51% attack due to some clients that remain unpatched, according to a recent report from Berlin-based hacking research collective and consulting think tank Security Research Labs. This is due to a whole third of Ethereum Parity nodes not...
‘Blockchain Bandit’: How a Hacker Has Been Stealing Millions Worth of ETH by Guessing Weak Private Keys
28.4.2019
There are at least 732 weak private keys on the Ethereum blockchain alone which are being exploited by a “blockchain bandit”, who has amassed almost 45,000 ETH at this point. Learn more in our interview with security researchers who found him